
NEC XON achieves an African first with full Fortinet accreditation
NEC XON’s full Fortinet accreditation unlocks deeper enterprise security capabilities without multi-vendor complexity.
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NEC XON’s full Fortinet accreditation unlocks deeper enterprise security capabilities without multi-vendor complexity.

Capitec has announced its revised fee structure, which comes into effect on 1 March 2026.

Lesaka Technologies will spend about R5 million in transaction costs during its current financial year to acquire Bank Zero.

With Clickatell, agentic AI shifts from experimentation to owned, governed and accountable customer journeys.

MSB allows enterprises to scale connectivity faster by partnering instead of building or buying infrastructure.

Global memory shortages are choking smartphone supply, threatening sales, profits and industry growth.

MTN Group is in advanced discussions to acquire the shares in IHS Holdings that it does not already own.

The crypto presale market in 2026 has seen dozens of projects compete for investor attention. NexChain continues to attract buyers with promises of AI-powered blockchain infrastructure and claims of processing 400,000 transactions per second. However, a closer look reveals that Digitap ($TAP) offers something far more valuable: real banking utility that works today. This crypto […]

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street’s perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI.

On a recent trip to Lake Geneva in Switzerland, biodiversity reporter Phoebe Weston witnessed the impact of one of the planet’s most potent invasive species, the quagga mussel. In just a decade the mollusc, originally from the Ponto-Caspian region of the Black Sea, has caused irreversible change beneath the surface of the picturesque lake. While ecologists believe invasive species play a...
The disgraced financier regularly courted tech industry figures not just for their prestige but also for access to promising companies.
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood, according to a large-scale study.
Research led by the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden scrutinised the diagnosis rates of autism for people born in...

Two-decade study indicates a diet rich in foods such as olive oil, nuts and vegetables can cut risk of every type of stroke
A Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of every type of stroke, in some cases by as much as 25%, a large study conducted over two decades suggests.
A diet rich in olive oil, nuts, seafood, whole grains and vegetables has previously been linked to a number of health...
The French investigation into Elon Musk’s X illustrated a fundamental divide between European and American leaders about how to regulate social media — or whether to restrict it at all.

My wife, Lelia Duley, who has died aged 67, was an obstetric epidemiologist who studied health outcomes related to pregnancy, childbirth and its aftermath.
Working alongside frontline clinicians, she designed large-scale trials to test commonly used, but under-evaluated, treatments for pregnant women.
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Estonia’s digital ID success offers South Africa clear lessons on trust, governance and inclusive design.

We don’t have a single verb to express smelling something nice. Welsh and Croatian, by contrast, are never caught short when something fragrant gets right up your nose
I remember the first time I remembered a smell. This was remembering to the extent that it stopped me in my tracks, taking me back to a specific moment, a specific place and a specific feeling. The smell was that of a bike shop....

While some benefits such as stress relief are backed by solid evidence, they can be achieved without expensive hyped-up courses
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In the 2012 film adaptation of the Dr Seuss book The Lorax, a fable about capitalist greed, air is a commodity.
The mayor of Thneedville deprives the city’s residents of trees so a company he heads can sells bottles of air. He has,...

SevenC’s Graeme Millar on why unseen IT creates risk for SMEs – and how visibility restores confidence and control.
Is this the year the internet changes forever?